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Zeus 10 Facts

When Zeus was born he was given a dog (golden hound) to protect him and some say it was the hound that was first given to Europa on Kete and the dog stayed on kete with Zeus. Europa is the god of the moon.

Zeus was born on Crete and he was the youngest of his brothers and sister. When he was born his father tried to eat him but his mom hid him in a cave in a mountain on Crete. Now the people that took care of him where the Curetes and what they did to protect him is the cave was guarded by legendary Curetes. Now to block out the sound of Zeus’s crying the guards smashed their symbols together so his father could not eat him too.

The Thunderbolt, eagle, the bull and the oak tree were all symbols that mainly represent Zeus and he was equated to Jupiter.

Zeus is called by many names and they are: Lord of the sky, God, the Cloud-gatherer, Zeus of the Thunderbolt, the Sky Dweller, the Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer. All the names of Zeus indicate which force of nature was considered most important to the Greek.

Zeus was the head of the gods and controlled the weather, fate, law, and order. He became the head god when he and his brothers killed their father because he was eating his children and when they killed him they chose Zeus to be the ruler of the gods.

Humans were created by four arms and legs and a head with two faces but Zeus split them in half fearing their power, condemning them to spend there lives looking for there other half.
When Zeus was about to get married he invited all the animals but only the tortoise wasn’t there. Zeus did not know why so he went and asked the tortoise why she was not at the celebration and the tortoise said “there’s no place like home” so Zeus got angry and forced her to wear the shell on her back forever.

Zeus had 15 children and they are: Artemis, Ares, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, Dionysus, Athena, Heracles, Persephone, Aletheia, Hebe, Perseus, Helen of Troy, Enyo and Dike. Zeus also had 5 wives and they are: Metis, Themis, Titaness Mnemosyne, Leto and last was Hera.